Sunday 18 May 2014

Open Dos, C, C++ in full screen in Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 without any software

I am a big fan of C and C++ and since Windows Vista,Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 i was not able to run DOS programs in full screen, So there are third party software's such as DOSBOX which allows to run DOS applications in Full Screen mode. But there is a simple registery tweek by which you can resize the DOS window and make it large enough to cover the screen. Actually Full-screen mode for console applications don't work because hardware VGA text mode isn't supported by WDDM display drivers since Windows Vista.

Here is a tweak





Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;makes command windows scale to full screen size and sizable ( tested on 24 inch wide screen )
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console]
"HistoryBufferSize"=dword:00000064
"QuickEdit"=dword:00000001
;"ScreenColors"=dword:00008881
"ScreenBufferSize"=dword:51400b4
"WindowSize"=dword:1b0057
"FaceName"="Terminal"


Copy the above text in red color in notepad and then save the file as DOS.reg on the desktop. And then open the file by double clicking the saved file from desktop.

You have done the DOS tweak now you can resize the DOS screen to full screen by dragging the side corners of the DOS windows.

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